The Meeker herald., 1887-02-05

ied senator sawyer t1 succeed hin
IN the United States Srutlr In
zls. Indiana ami New jersey the
inalion remains unchanged.
4fhe proposed amendment To the con
4ttuiion OF the United States, which
{ Duld give women the right OF suffrage,
s defeated In the Senate by IA
b,e of ~ To 10. Senators Bowen and
Filler voted with the minority.
The wholesale grocery house. OF I. l..
oarsalis \ Co, at Dallas, Texas. one OF
D. largest houses In the Southwest.
ID two other large establishments
prrc destroyed by fire on the a'iIh ult.
as total loss will aggregate si00.NO.
I From Nogaics. Arizona. comes the
:rliis~noe that tho seven Apar'ies who
,tcaped from Captain Lawton last fall,
attacked Mexican family travelling
tcm Oputa 10 Gausai,n. Mexico. killing
sie man and wounded another. The
Inuriercd man WAS scalped and fear
oily mnlilatsd.
\ sickening story comes from Bloom-
iS:ton. Nebraska: A few weeks ago
Ija,rick McDermoit go; drunk and went
\ sleep out Of doors and froz- both
.s and both arms, which had io bc
&npuintcd. Last week hir brother
ll,rl.s died from III. effects Of drink
\. the liquor with which his brothers
- and arms Ind been washed. Pat
3ek also died.
Another bloody tragedy occurred In
c lniian Territory on the 9Th ul'.
frank Walker rented "a farm occupied
man named Bannis,cr who refused
yacaic. Walker proceeded To move
ahnistcr's household effects. bu, the
Sitter ordered lin to leave. Not com.
fyins with the request Banni,tcr
Snp,ici the contents of u double bar
fcll-i shotgun into his body. causing
)as,ani death.
Joseph Armstrong and Frank Holmes
nv. been hunting nnd trapping In
Delta county, Michigan. for several
weeks. On the .jth ult.. while sc,,in.
li.rit trat,s. Holmes cut his legs badly.
md his companion wen; for help.
Within mn hour lie returned Ia iini only
hlccdy bones. somr scraps of clothing, "a
Moody nxr and revolver. Around
,,out were the catcas.~s Of i've wolves.
4 Inch Holmes hal killed III his iigh, for
lis life.
Al.pnt two hundred cas~s of u'inI,ow-
lsr cx,inssd whilr In transit over the
A>onri Pacific ruad. half n mile west
ot'ort Scott. Kansas. on the morning
ottic 18th ul,. The train consisted of
i,a,iy three fr.igh, ears, and fifteen
ofthcm wrfr completely demolished.
n brakeman was Instant, killed. \
gtst hole was blown In tie rad bed.
an ground torn up for several r,is
diant. Quit. u number Of window
gl.scs were broken In Fort Scott. aud
al at Nevada, twenty-five miles dis
tal
tpor,s from n drou,h.s,tickch dis.
.ra in Texas SAT: In the last few
dad the County Judges have been h.
si,S-l by the unior,una,. people Of the
dntici. In stephens county they come
by rcorcs 10 the Cour; House. and the
w'Acn cry and say Judge. We are
h,.gry." and h, deals ou; few quarts
of trn. all that he has To- give. and ON
With they suipis;. AT Albany ,hr Re-
li,A Committee has been dispensing
coz meal only. I, Is apparent that the
pc tlc Of ,ha, State are slow In rclicr-
NJ their starving ncighbors.
Ihrcc wears ago mex, May. Mahlon
Mccullough and William Pue,z. two
oyS connected with som. OF The leading
ai lilies of Bay View. Michigan. were
|.en5 10 the State prison for three years,
|lp, 4 their conviction OF having shot
knd robbed August Groihc, a street car
bri'er. II now appears that tie boys
lre Innocent. Through the confessional
kic party guilty Of the crime has made
in self known. AT the trial Of the
ty. several detectives testified that the
lA,.s had confessed their part In the at
iks and robbery. The boys sworc that
II " confessed 10 escape starvation, after
ding been hung mp by the thumbs,
,,$ten. starved and otherwise III treated
Il about ten days. Twenty witnesses
t}titcd an alib. but they were con.
vdted.
..
From Price. n station on the Denver
uti Rio Grandc Western. in Utah.
otncs the information that Orth II e.
stein. q restaurant keeper, had shot and
lilled Homer Stone, telegraph operator
u tina, place. Stone owed stein 50 for
meals. and when the latter asked him
~ II. Stone replied that he was then
,nablc TO pay it. Stein walkol of. say
iig that he would take II out of Stones
liie. On the nigh, Of the Goth. while
s.one was on his way home from his
oiIice. Stein sneaked up behind him aud
slot him In the back. Stein then fled.
but was shortly oyeriaken by officers
and jailed. Stein halls from Indiana
and his relatives are highly respected.
lie was city editor ~ the I.pa,lyillp